Month: February 2024
Belle Isle Rotary Club Holds Annual Polar Plunge for Polio Vaccines
Polls Open Tuesday for Super Tuesday
By Adam Swift Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5 for the presidential primary. Early voting for the primaries in the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties began last Saturday, and will continue at Revere…
Police Department Addresses Motorized Scooter Issues
By Adam Swift Motorized scooters, bicycles, and mopeds can cause headaches and worse for city residents, especially during the warm weather months. At Monday night’s city council meeting, representatives from the police department addressed some of those concerns and how…
Boutique Hotel Proposed for Squire Road
By Adam Swift A five-story, 104-room boutique hotel proposed for 185 Squire Road has the support of the ward councillor. Monday night, the council heard from the developers of the hotel, who are requesting a special permit to reconstruct and…
News Briefs
By Adam Swift Council Approves Transfer of Free Cash to High School Building Fund The Department of Revenue recently certified just over $3.6 million in free cash for the city in Fiscal Year 2023. For the first time, a portion…
Revere High School’s Model UN Club Competes in BOSMUN XXIII Conference
Earlier this month, ten members of Revere High School’s Model UN club participated with nearly 2,000 students from across the continent (including Canada and Puerto Rico) in the BOSMUN XXIII Conference. Held at the Copley Marriott in Boston, the conference…
Two RHS Students Win Awards at Harvard Model Congress Event
By Michael Coughlin Jr. Fatima Baoussouh and Erta Ismahili, two juniors at Revere High School (RHS), were two of more than 1,500 students who attended last weekend’s Harvard Model Congress (HMC) Boston conference, where they both were presented with awards.…
FBHW Holding Winter Harbor Cruise
Special to the Journal How has Boston’s waterfront changed? What types of commerce continues? What challenges do we face along the waterfront? On Saturday, March 2 at 10 a.m. join the Friends of the Boston Harborwalk (FBHW) for a 2…
Revere Man Pleads Guilty to Arson Charges
Gaetano Cardarella of Revere pleaded guilty to arson-related charges in connection with the arson of a vehicle at 418 Revere Beach Parkway, the former Lee’s Trailer Park, in November of 2021. Cardarella pleaded guilty to burning a motor vehicle and…
Routine Meeting for License Commission
The Revere License Commission held its regular meeting last Wednesday (February 21) in the City Council Chamber. On hand for the session were chair Robert Selevitch and fellow members Daniel Occena and Liliana Monroy. Prior to the start of the…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Roberts Receives Collaboration Recognition Award Taryn Roberts Revere was selected as the best person to work with in their Elementary Literacy Teaching and Learning course, taught by Professor Maynard at Lasell University for the 2023 fall semester. Recipients of the…
Atlantic Works Gallery To Highlight New Member Works in March
Special to the Journal Atlantic Works Gallery (AWG) announced that its March exhibition will be Contemporary Dialogues, a group show of three of the gallery’s newest members, Richard Dorff, John Greiner-Ferris, and Joan Ryan. The exhibition examines multiple forms of…
March Service Changes on the T: MBTA Continues Repair Work To Improve Reliability Across the System
The MBTA has announced service changes in March on the Green, Red, Orange, Kingston, Middleborough, Greenbush, Framingham/Worcester, Haverhill, and Newburyport/Rockport lines. The MBTA will continue working to maintain its infrastructure and improve reliability across the system for riders. Riders can…
State Sen. Edwards Announces Re-Election Campaign
By Adam Swift State Senator Lydia Edwards has officially announced that she is running for a second full term in office. Edwards represents the Third Suffolk District, comprising Revere, Winthrop, and portions of Boston including East Boston. Edwards won a…
Historic First Annual Summit for Black Elected Officials in Honor of Black History Month
Special to the Journal The First Annual Summit of State Elected Officials, celebrating Black History Month, commenced on February 16th, marking a significant milestone in establishing a new tradition. This inaugural summit, hosted at the Massachusetts State House, gathered Black…
Tuesday Is The Presidential Primary Election
This Tuesday, March 5, is the quadrennial Presidential Primary Election Day when Democrats and Republicans (as well as the members of the Libertarian Party) will have an opportunity to choose their candidates for President. In addition, although those who are…
Thank You, Maura Sweeney Doyle
We wish to take a moment to offer our sincere thanks to Maura Sweeney Doyle, a native of Winthrop, who announced last week that she will not be seeking re-election to the office of Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court…
Guest Op-Ed: Reflections on a Fifty-Year Reunion
By Bob Marra, Revere High School Class of 1973 Is it too strong a sentiment to say “love was in the air” September 16 when the Revere High School Class of 1973 assembled at the Four Points Sheraton in Wakefield…
RHS Sports Roundup
Cunha Is Second in 300 at All-State Meet; Purcifull 7th in Weight Throw Revere star trackman JV Cunha came within 0.82 of a state championship at Saturday’s MIAA Meet of Champions at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in…
